Final Evaluation of the Eastern Ontario Development Program (EODP)

Final Report

Audit and Evaluation Branch
Industry Canada

March, 2008

Tabled and approved at DEC on June 9, 2008

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Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• 1.0 Introduction
  • 1.1 Profile of the EODP
• 2.0 Methodology
  • 2.1 Evaluation Issues
  • 2.2 Lines of Evidence
  • 2.3 Limitations to the Approach
• 3.0 Findings
  • 3.1 Relevance
  • 3.2 Program Design and Delivery
  • 3.3 Success
  • 3.4 Performance Measurement
  • 3.5 Alternatives, Cost-Effectiveness and Lessons Learned
  • 3.6 Other Issues
• 4.0 Conclusion
  • 4.1 Relevance
  • 4.2 Design and Delivery
  • 4.3 Results
  • 4.4 Performance Measurement
  • 4.5 Alternatives, Cost Effectiveness, and Lessons Learned
• Management Response or
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Annexes (Separate document)

(Note: Annexes are available via an Access to Information)

• Appendix A: Steering Committee Members
• Appendix B: Map of Geographic Area Served by EODP
• Appendix C: Service Areas and Socio-Economic Profiles by CFDC
• Appendix D: Evaluation Matrix
• Appendix E: Data Collection Instruments
• Appendix F: Literature Consulted
• Appendix G: List of Key Informants
• Appendix H: Case Study Summaries
• Appendix I: Program Applications Received vs. Approved
• Appendix J: Best Practices in Project Selection
• Appendix K: EODP Indicators
• Appendix L: Other Comparable Programs